River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-20

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list prize, $1,000, First Light Battery
Artillery sections, LIST prize, 1000, first sec
ton Light battery; Ind prize, $780, End
section, Light battery; Cavalry, st prize,
$500, Milwaukee Light Horse Squadron;
Individual prize for best drilled soldier,
lst prize $50, Z. Fitzgerald, Co., e., 3rd
Wis. Trumpet Corps, list prize 500, Mil
waukee Light Horse Squadron.
An unknown burglar entered the re-
sidence of Mrs. William Koehne at Fond du
Lac, Wis, and on being discovered he made
an attack on Mrs. Koehne and her four
daughters with club The walls of the
house are spattered with blood, and shows
that a fearful struggle had been made by
the frenzied women. The assailant escaped
after threatening death TO the women if
they made an ontcry. A reward of $500 is
offered for his'arrest.
Pipestone. Mimi, Special: A COM
pany of ten sold ers, Capt. Bean and Indian
Agent J. F. Kinney of Yankton arrived here
from the West. The orders are to remove
all squatters who have encamped on the
Indian reservation. About one hundred
and sixty Indians are camped at the quar-
ries waiting TO see the settlers go. 1t looks
now as though the same course pursued at
the Winnebago reservation would be fol-
lowed out here.
A woman named Reed, who has
been going under the name of Lawrence,
was arrested at Cherokee, Iowa, on
charge Of drawing a pension as a widow of
an old soldier, when she was really married
to farmer named Lawrence. The woman
denied the marriage, but the government
has produced witnesses to the ceremony.
Her husband has been arrested as an
accessory.
Anoka, Mimi, is having a siege
of burglaries and thefts, the latest dep
relation being the theft of a span of horses
and farm wagon, The team was left
hitched, and during the owners absence
the thieves appropriated tie property.
The state offers a reward of 500 for the
arrest and conviction of the thieves, and
the owner also offers a reward.
A delegation of 100 Indians of Wis
cousin, had an interview with Secretary
Lamar at Washington, in regard to taking
their lands in severalty. They also asked
for an appropriation of 100000 in view of
the fact that they have given to homeless
children great deal of their land. Mr..
Lamar promised to give the matter his
careful attention.
The family of William Duncan of
Mount Vernon, Dakota, was away from
home Friday, leaving their children in the
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brother, six years old, started to take a
loaded shotgun from the bedroom, and in
trying to prevent him the girl was killed by
the discharge of the gun.
Near Brookings, Oak, while Martin
OConnen was running his steam thresher
on the farm OF r. d. Booker sparks from
and burned 300 bushels, together with the
machine. This is the fifth time in eight
years that Mr.. Booker has been burned out
in Brookings county.
At Grand Forks, Oak, at an early
hour on the morning of tue 18th, tho build
ings of the North Dakota Agricultural
Society took fire, and before the fire could
be controlled all the buildings were des-
troyed The loss is about $4,000 with no
insurance. The fire Is supposed TO have
been set by tramps.
Gov. Church has about completed
his message to the secretary of the interior,
and it is filed with facts interesting to the
citizens of Dakota. He recommends an in
crease in the judiciary, and comments on
the division problem. He endorses Dawes
bill, and advocates the opening of the Sioux
reservation.
At Pipestone. Mimi, the Indian
by the white settlers agreeing to be moved.
They also sign an agreement to stay off the
reservation. Capt. Bean and the company
of United States soldiers will remain for
the present. The Indians are well pleased.
Foley Brothers, who have just com
pleted the Northern Pacific extension to
Pembina, have submitted a PROPOSE
ton to complete the Red River Valley
a 20 he a .af
par. If this offer is not accepted the road
will not be completed this year.
Pine City, Mimi, is afflicted with
the diphtheria scourge, and portions of the
place are quarantined. DIR. Brown traces
the cause to the drawing off of the Cheng-
wetona dam, from which the village has
twice before within ten years been afflicted
with epidemic plaques.
A locomotive started prairie fire
did considerable damage near Benson
Mimi, several barns and farm houses being
destroyed. The fire ran faster than bird
could fly as prairie chickens had their
wings burned Off and fell to the ground
roasted.
Two bodies were found on the north
shore of Lake Superior near Stewart, Man.
They were lying on the 81 ore mile apart,
and had evidently been stoned to death by
Indians. The victims are unknown, but
are supposed to be members of camping
party.
Dan Mcdonald, farmer of Trap
Wis, driving his team near the Milwaukee
road the horses became frightened and ran
ON to the crossing and were dashed into by
a passenger train; both horses were killed
and McDonald's head severed from his
body.
Minnesota captured. their prize sat the
Chicago Military drill: Battalion, End prize,
81 800, Second Minnesota; Artillery platoon
4th prize, $500, First MINI asota Battery
Artillery sections, 4th prize, $50, Section
Battery, Minnesota.
Prairie du Chen sent to Jail for 80
DAYS a Veteran of the battle of Fredericks-
burg, who asked aims for the sake of his
empty sleeve, when it turned out that he
had two good arms and had never seen a
a battlefield.
a steam thresher the farm of NJ.
Harwood, south of Rochester, Mimi, set
fire to several stacks of grain, completely
destroying them, together with the barn,
stables and other farm buildings. Insurance
light.
At the sale of State lands at Red
wood Falls Mimi, 1900 acres were dis
posed of, ten thousand acres being pur-
chased by farmers of the vicinage and QUO
by Frederickson q CO., of Chicago.
Andrew Everson, a wealthy farmer
of Petersburg, jackson Co., Mimi, was
thrown from a load of lumber, by his team
running away, both wheels running over
his neck, causing death.
The Department of Justice at
Washington has called upon Judge Francis
of Dakota to resign, and in a short time
a new judge will be appointed from Grand
Forks county.
The West Davenport. Iowa, Furni-
ture company made an assignment Fri
day. Liabilities, $4,000; assets the same.
The claims are small and the creditors
mostly local.
The Secretary of the Interior has re-